Recently I saw the movie The Book Thief and it made me remember just how blessed I am. I'm thankful that I have a relatively peaceful life, a knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a good job, a loving family, friends and so much more!
December was a busy month! I stayed with my parents for a few days during the Christmas holiday. On one of the days we had a gingerbread party, a tradition we haven't done for a few years.
The hardest part for the kids was waiting for the sides to set on their houses.
Here's my dad watching the making of our gingerbread village.
I also made some yummy gingerbread cookies
While we were all together we celebrated the family birthdays that are in December.
Of course Baby G stole the show and everyone wanted to hold him.
How can you resist that adorable face!
After the gingerbread party I went to BYU with Jeanie and Tori where we saw the beautiful exhibit called 'Sacred Gifts'. It's a one of a kind exhibit that contains two dozen beloved paintings of the life of Jesus Christ by three
European master painters from the late19th century: Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann, and Frans Schwartz. Most of the works
have never before been on view in the United States and probably will never be here again. It was inspiring and was a wonderful way to ponder the life of the Savior during the Christmas season. I'm glad I could go see it.
On Christmas Eve we gathered for dinner
and once again baby G was the center of attention.
and once again baby G was the center of attention.
We also had fun watching the train around the Christmas tree
Our nativity play included a cast list thanks to Grace, our awesome director!
It was beautiful to read the Christmas story together and remember Christ, the reason we were celebrating.
Christmas morning we had our traditional breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls with bacon and hot chocolate. It was a yummy treat!
We had some fun opening gifts after breakfast. Then we spent a while on the phone talking with our family. We had a relaxing day and home. It was a wonderful Christmas!
The month of December was also filled with the BYU family Christmas party, seeing the movie Frozen, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert, going to my first sing-a-long of The Messiah with the Utah Symphony and chorus, seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Leonardo in SLC, performing with my ward choir in a regional concert, seeing the lights on temple square, Christmas parties, and many other fun activities with family and friends! I also had fun ringing in the new year at Eve 2013 in downtown SLC.
We enjoyed a white Christmas since December was very wet and cold. I love looking at the snow though, I think it's beautiful. I especially like this view of the pine trees in the park by where I work.
I also enjoy winter sunsets. I captured this picture of Timpanogos where the sunlight on the snow makes it look like the mountain is on fire!
This year I only sent Christmas cards to my parents, siblings, aunts and uncles. I included the words to one of my favorite Christmas songs on the card, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. I included a picture of the card here so you could read the poem.
The year has passed quickly and I'm looking forward to 2014.
Happy New Year!
2 comments:
This is an awesome post!
I am glad you made houses! We do ours on Jan 1st now, less going on. The kids had fun decorating the sides while the frosting sets. I love this tradition and I am glad I have keep it going with my kids. We had the same Christmas breakfast too, I guess it is tradition!
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